The arena of prosthetic limbs is one of many examples of the way 3D printing and other increasingly accessible DIY technologies are helping drive innovation. From fashionable wear on the runway at Maker Faire Bay Area to Nicolas Huchet’s adaptation of the InMoov arm for his own hand, printed prosthetics are beginning to flood what was once a highly expensive medical device market with DIY options that are not only affordable, but customizable and even fun.

Exiii’s version focuses on precision, as well as open hardware — Wevolver maintains a repository of the project plans and code. “I get pretty furious when I think about how patents are preventing people from accessing technology that will change their lives,” says Norris, whose grandmother had a paralyzed right arm. “She used to joke all the time about getting a robot arm,” he says. “It just kind of stuck with me, it’s been something I’ve always dreamed about.”

The second in a series. We've already written about why 2014 is really, finally the year that the "internet of things"—that effort to remotely control every object on earth—becomes visible in our everyday lives.

Much of the discussion around the future of work fixate on our changing routines: hours or location, flexible schedules, team structures, employee engagement, or generational changes. But there is a bigger conversation on how our societies perform and serve their citizens in how we support education, aging and labor.

How many of you think it would be cool to have an industrial robot arm on your desk?.. Well…now you can! UFactory based in Shenzhen China, have created and Kickstarted the uArm, an Arduino-controlled desktop 4 axis parallel-mechanism robot arm.

Microsensors in your shoes compile data on where you go and what you do. Your workout clothes track your daily progress at the gym and tell you when to slow down or speed up. And as you sleep, a headband monitors your REM patterns.

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